Introduce Yourself Thread

[67yogi]

Name: Tim

Age: 37

Occupation: Law Clerk

Hair/Eye Color: brown green/blue

Favorite Band: wow, this has always been hard but lately it has been the scorpions (can't get them outa the player..) but all time is Foriegner

Favorite Petra Moment(s): first show in 85 then every one that followed i can't believe it has been at least 5 years since they were here oh and John doing a concert after the roadrunners hockey game and forgetting the words to the national anthem (but since the accoustics were bad, you couldn't tell until he meantioned it later)

Brothers/Sisters: 1 old one (48 ) and one older one(45)

Hobbies:concerts, concerts, concerts

Favorite Author(s): John Sandford, James Lee Burke, Robert Ludlum

Favorite T.V. show(s): this is easy CSI, CSI Miami, Navy NCIS, JAG, Boston Legal

Best Quality: humor

Animals: 2 cockatiels sebastian and occi (short for occupant, so she gets mail)

Favorite Quote: Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try- Dennis DeYoung

Favorite Bible Verse: Romans 1:16

Favorite Place: my happy place

Favorite City: Rocky Pointe, Mexico

Favorite Movie: right now it is loony toons, i watch that almost once a week, but I have a ton to choose from, so i can/t really say.

Favorite Movie Line: i can't think of one at the moment..silly me

Dopiest Thing You've Ever Done: forgetting how to add my cards while playing blackjack, and still win!
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[epdc]

TIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew someone lived in Phoenix!!!!! see, I went to phoenix like 2 or 3 weeks ago (is 6 hours away from where I live)and asked if someone lived in phoenix to give me a call so maybe i could meet more people ya know and I was sure someone lived in phoenix but I couldn`t remember WHO!!!! now I know.

Hey, welcome AGAIN to the zone, it has been a while since the last time saw you

[charl]

what`s an special care aid? is like a nurse or kind of a doctor?sounds interesting

Hi.

This is a person who works in a Care Home (nursing homes and the like) under the supervision of a nurse. We aren't trained to do as much as a nurse does, though. (I am lucky I won't have to do needles. )

[Shell]

I remember Tim also, welcome back.

[Petra Fan Canada]

Name: Chris aka cvs2kids

Occupation: Accountant

Age: 34

Bands: Petra, Allies, Degarmo and Key, Skillet -> you know, I keep buying new cd's, but can't find something I like

Author- I seem to prefer magazines and the Chicken Soup series. I read 1-2 novels per year.

Best quality- compassion and humor

Sibblings -3 2 older sisters and a younger brother. I'm also marries (10 yrs this October) with 2 children 10 yrs old boy 9who is my gamecube nemesis) and a 6 year old daughter (who is becoming the same )

Pets- Elmo the dog (but don't tell him that!)

Best Petra moment: I met them on the BTTS tour, but I enjoyed BB tour much more. BTW, John loves Candian Butter (well, 20 years ago anyway!!).

I've been lurking regularly, just haven't had the time to write>

(Actually, I lost my password and forgot my new user name. HOW SAD IS THAT!!!

[epdc]

Chris, your signature says "never too old for Jesus" but YES too old for remembering your password hehehehehe.

welcome back!!!!!!!it has been a while, I thought you were gone forever.


Charl, OHHHHH ok, sounds interesting, what exactly do you do? do you help them in theraphies and stuff? ya know, in highschool I was studying for being a geriatric technician, is not like a nurse either, but a little bit because we leanr about sicknessses of that age and about psichology of the old people and stuff, we supposed to be trained to make dinamics for the old people in nursering homes and to be a company for them.

[Shell]

I thought I wanted to be a nurse when I was in high school and first started college, and I probably would have made a good nurse, but I absolutely hated math and chemistry. I would do better being an EMT or paramedic, because they have a lot of hands on training, and I learn better that way than I do in a classroom setting. However, I can't picture myself trying to lift someone who weighs 200 pounds into the back of an ambulance. I may get EMT certified one of these days and do volunteer work, but that would have to be for the future. In the meantime, medical transcription is enough of being in the medical field to suit me.

Nurses and paramedics are the backbone of the medical profession; a lot of times they'll have more of an idea of what's probably going on than the doctors do.

[calicowriter]

Shell: Like you, I briefly considered a career in the medical field when I was in high school. I think I could have handled the math and chemistry; it was the body odors, fluids, and vermin (like lice) that kept me out of the field. Mother Teresa I am not. My hat is off to those who are able to serve their patients with wisdom and compassion.

[bakersfieldpethead]

Name: Bakersfieldpethead

Other Name: Stephen (steven) Underwood (under - wood)

Location: Bakersfield, CA "Buck's Town USA" (for those that know Buck Owens - country singer)

Occupation: Nose Picker and Fart Knocker, I'm also an Idiot by choice and by habbit

Bands: Imperials, PETRA, The Archers, dc talk, Jars of Clay, WhiteHeart, WhiteCross, Guardian, Holy Soulder, Grammatrain, Demon Hunter, Blindside, Staple, Blessed, Plumb, Sixpence None The Ritcher, Newsboys

Best quality - HUMOR (where have you been)

Sibblings: ONE, a younger a sister

PETS: TWO DOGS - Tippy (male 8 years) Tipplet (Female 12 years mother of tippy)

I am dating someone right now, but I don't know if she knows it yet

Quote: "I'm the guy in the photo"

[charl]

epdc; your description of a geriatric technician sounds very similar to what I am doing, except that I am training to work with people of all ages who need care (such as younger people who are disabled).
We also have to take courses to make sure we are temperamentally suited, and to properly defend ourselves without hurting the client. Old people will fight dirty sometimes!

[epdc]

if she doesn`t know you should tell her because is not fun to play the game of "he is my boyfriend but he doesn`t know"


charl, so when you say dirty you mean it in all the ways uh? hehehehe. Ya know, I admire people like you, I was in those courses and I started to visit old people`s care houses and for some reason I had to quit, I mean, it was so hard, I mean, everytime i went there i came out all sad and kinda depress ya know, like thinking "gosh, i wanna do this and that but i can`t do everything, ya know. I just couldn`t handle it. Up to know I`m better with kids.

[Petrafan4life79]

Name: Jenny

Age: 25

Occupation: Travel Industry

Hair/Eye Color: Brown/brown

Favorite Band: PETRA! Someone here once told me I need to broaden my horizons where music is concerned. I listen to and love so many Christian bands, but Petra has always been my #1 favorite.

Favorite Petra Moment(s): The time John walked right into me. LOL! We had been waiting in line for some time for the guys to come and sign autographs. I thought I saw John so I turned to tell my husband and just as I turned back to look again, John walked right into me. He was busy talking/walking with someone and didn't even notice he walked into me. LOL!

Brothers/Sisters: A baby brother that died at birth. If my Dad and his girlfriend get married I'd have 3 younger sisters that are 20, 16, and 13.

Hobbies: Cross stitching, internet, exercising, hanging out with friends and family.

Favorite Author(s): Lurlene McDaniel

Favorite T.V. show(s): 24 and CSI. Also Animal Precinct and Animal Cops.

Best Quality: Humor

Animals: 2 cats, Simone and Snowball

Favorite Quote: I can't think of one, so I must not have a favorite quote.

Favorite Bible Verse: John 3:16.

Favorite Place: Caribou Coffee. Yum!

Favorite City: No favorites.

Favorite Movie: We Were Soldiers

Favorite Movie Line: Again, no favorite. LOL!

Dopiest Thing You've Ever Done: In 8th grade the geography teacher asked if anyone was born out of the US, so my hand shot up. I was born in Montana, so I figured the question pertained to me. Nobody let me live that one down. But, how many Americans have babies overseas? So, who cares if I wasn't born in the US, ya know? LOL!

[Auspet]

Hi guys, this is me in a nutshell:

Name: Wayne

Age: nearly 36

Occupation: Horticulture/landscaper

Hair/Eye Color: Brown/Hazel

Favorite Band: PETRA! Followed by Idle Cure, Newsboys and Whiteheart

Favorite Petra Moment(s): This Means War! , On fire and Jekyll & Hyde (AGMF) concerts, and meeting John, Bob, Greg and Paul in person for the first time at the AGMF.

Family: 3 brothers plus me (1 older, 2 younger).
I am married to Kerrie and have 2 little rugrats (Brittney and Brock)

Hobbies: Graphic art, most sports including cricket (aussie version of baseball except nothing like it ), tennis, football (Aussie rules), running, music, landscaping (yes it is a hobby too) and sitting here talking to you guys.

Favorite Author(s): Frank Peretti

Favorite T.V. show(s): Lost and 24

Best Quality: Humor (that's if you can understand it)

Animals: Miniature Fox Terrier called BB. Sadly has passed away .

Favorite Quote: If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Favorite Bible Verse: Old and New Testement 'bout covers it. Seriously. It keeps changing all the time because God keeps showing me blessing after blessing even in my constant ignorance and dissobedience to Him. That book is chokka-full off gems .

Favorite Place: Portland, Victoria, Australia (where my brothers and I where born, now we're all over the country)

Favorite City: Brisbane, Qld, Aust. Beautiful place, one hour from where we live.

Favorite Movie: Spiderman 2


Dopiest Thing You've Ever Done: Not sure. There's been a few. I'm hoping and praying it's in the past and not in the future .

[epdc]

welcome to the zone!, I joined here in the 2000 I think (we were on another website) and i gotta tell you it has been a blessing for me and i`m sure that if you stick around, is gonna a blessing for you.

[nacman]

Name: Ross

Age: 16

Occupation: Student, Bike Mechanic, Soccer Referee

Hair/Eye Color: Brown/Brown

Favorite Band: Petra's on top. Michael Card, Kieth Green Newboys, and All Star United are/were pretty good too.

Family: Father, Mother, Two younger bothers, two younger sisters.

Hobbies: Bikes, Piano, Soccer esp. coaching.

Favorite authors: Dorthy Sayers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Francis Schaffer

Animals: Three Black Cats; Beamer, Cypress, and Schaffur

Dopiest Thing: Knocking myself out on a sky slope in Colorado. Woke up in the ER not knowing where I was